Extracted from The Paris News (Paris, TX)
Friday, November 25, 1977

Mrs. Ell Griffin

CLARKSVILLE -- Mrs. Ell Griffin of Texarkana, formerly of Bogata, died at 8:45 p.m. at Wadley Hospital in Texarkana.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church in Bogata. Burial will be in Smith Cemetery at Bogata by Jolley's Funeral Home of Clarksville.

Mrs. Griffin was born Nov. 3, 1890, in Palestine, Texas, daughter of John and Sarah E. (Griffin) Noe.

Survivors include two sons, Ross Griffin of Clarksville and Willie D. Griffin of Bogata; one daughter, Mrs. Mary Moore of Texarkana; one brother, Albert Noe of Spencer, Okla.; one sister, Mrs. C. M. Brandon of Coalgate, Okla.; 18 grandchildren; and 27 great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends 7 to 8 p.m. tonight, Friday, at the funeral home.